Exploiting Linked Data via Filemaker

Using
Filemaker
as a Linked (Open) Data client
via
Virtuoso’s ODBC Driver

By Kingsley Idehen (@kidehen)
Founder & CEO, OpenLink Software

© 2012 OpenLink Software, All rights reserved.

Situation Analysis

Agility is the timeless pursuit of
enterprises and individuals alike.
In all cases, access, integration,
and dissemination of data is
pivotal.


Linked Open Data (LOD) Cloud


Situation Analysis
Data is growing exponentially along the
following dimensions:
•Volume -- production

•Velocity – dissemination fire-hoses

•Variety – APIs and underlying data Models

•Virtuosity – insight discovery expectations.

All of this happens while the total hours in day
remains constant at 24 hours!


Product Value Proposition

Enterprise and Individual Agility
via Data Virtualization, without
compromising performance,
scalability, security, or
investments in existing
infrastructure!


Product Architecture

A high-performance, scalable,
secure, and operating-system-
independent server designed
to handle contemporary
challenges associated with
data access, data integration,
and data management.


Data Virtualization Middleware

An in-built middleware layer
(“Sponger”) for creating
Linked Data Views over
Heterogeneous Data
Sources.


Pluggable Linked Data Cartridges/Drivers

A collection of prefabricated
and customizable Data
Extraction, Transformation,
and Lookup cartridges
(drivers) covering a vast
ranges of data formats and
data access protocols.


Sophisticated Content Crawler

DBMS hosted Content
Crawler that leverages
loosely coupled binding to
the Sponger Middleware
component for
transformation of
unstructured and semi-
structured data into Linked
Data.


How Do I Get Going?

 Download, install, and experience the power of coherent
integration of disparate data sources, data access protocols,
and data representation formats.

 In an nutshell, commence exploitation of powerful business
intelligence, socially enhanced collaboration, data
virtualization, and entity analytics without writing a line of code!

 Turn "Big Data" into exploitable "Smart Data"
without compromise!


How Does Virtuoso Expose LOD Cloud
Data To ODBC Clients?
 Creation of ODBC accessible SQL Views using
SPASQL (SPARQL inside SQL) that targets local
data
 Ditto via SPARQL-FED (Federated SPARQL) for
external SPARQL endpoints.

Example instances include:

 DBpedia (Linked Data version of Wikipedia content and LOD Cloud nexus)

 URIBurner Service for “on the fly” transformation of data from: LinkedIn, Facebook,

Twitter, Google+, Freebase, Disqus etc.

 Live Linked Open Data LOD Cloud Cache.


Virtuoso ODBC Driver Installation
&
Configuration


ODBC Driver Installation Screen - 1
Mount standard Mac OS
X DMG based Installer
bundle



Virtuoso Installer
Wizard walks you
through the rest of
the installation
process.


Configuring Virtuoso ODBC Data
Sources on Mac OS X
Using
The OpenLink iODBC Administrator


ODBC DSN Configuration Screen - 1



Select the ODBC
Driver for which
you are going to
create and
configure a Data
Source Name
(DSN)



Assign a Data
Source Name and
embellish with a
short descriptions



Identify the
machine host and
port number
associated with a
target Virtuoso
Server Instance



Make an
authenticated
connection to
Virtuoso Server
Instance



Select a
Database/Qualifie
r from the list
presented



Click on “Finish”
button since there
are not addition
items to be added
to the
configuration of
this ODBC DSN.



New ODBC DSN
is now created
and added to list
DSNs available to
any Mac OS X
based ODBC
compliant
applications.


Verify ODBC Data Source Name Usability

Click on the “Test”
button from the
ODBC
Administrator to
verify your ODBC
DSN’s usability.


Verify ODBC Data Source Name Usability

ODBC
Administrator
Dialog will indicate
successful (or
unsuccessful) use
of your newly
created ODBC
DSN


Using Filemaker with External Data
Sources (e.g. Linked Open Data Cloud)
via
ODBC Data Source Names (DSNs)


Using Filemaker & ODBC

Click on “Close”
Button so that you
can open a
“Database Type”
via the Main Menu


Connecting to an ODBC Data Source -- 1

Select “ODBC
Data Source” from
the Main Menu



Select an
Existing ODBC
Data Source
Name
configured
using your
Virtuoso ODBC
Driver



Authenticate
against
Virtuoso
Server
Instance
associated with
select ODBC
Data Source
Name (DSN).


Accessing Table Data via Table/View Selection

Select Remote
Table/View and then
use the Query
Builder to Select
Columns/Fields
used for actual
Remote SQL Query.


Accessing Table Data via Remote Query

Alternatively, paste
a SPARQL Query
that’s targeted at a
Linked Open Data
Cloud SPARQL
endpoint.

SPARQL Endpoint: http://health.data.gov/sparql

Tabular Query Results

Results presented in
Grid/Table Viewer
using Default Layout
.


Form Based Query Results

Results presented in
Form (Single
Record) Viewer
using Alternative
Layout .


Effect of URIs as ‘Super Keys’ -- 1

Copy URI
(Hyperlink)
associated with
any record of
interest.


Effect of URIs as Super Keys -- 2
Paste selected URI (Hyperlink) into your preferred Browser, and
explore further. You can also just scan the QRCode 


Benefits?
Progressive Intelligence Accumulation via
Links!
Structured
Data

Structured Structured
Data Data

Structured
Data


End Game?

My Agility++ Your Agility++ Their Agility++

Our Agility !!


OpenLink Company Overview
 OpenLink Software is a privately-held company founded in 1992 by its President &
CEO, Kingsley Idehen. The company is an industry acclaimed technology innovator
in the following areas:

 ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and OLE-DB compliant Data Access Drivers for Oracle,
SQL Server, Informix, Ingres, Sybase, Progress, MySQL, and PostgreSQL
 High-Performance & Scalable Multi-Model (Relational & Graph) Database
Technology
 Data Integration Middleware (Data Virtualization Technology across a wide variety of
Protocols & Formats)
 Linked Data Deployment & Management
 Web Application Server Technology
 Socially-enhanced Distributed Collaborative Applications Platforms (Weblogs, Wikis,
Feed Aggregation and Syndication, Web File Systems, Discussion Forums, etc.)
 Identity Management.


Products & Services
Software Products

• OpenLink Universal Data Access Drivers (UDA) -
High-performance data access drivers for ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and OLE DB that provide
transparent access to enterprise databases.
• OpenLink Virtuoso - available in single server and cluster editions that are deployed in
cloud and/or enterprise modes.
• OpenLink Data Spaces Platform and Applications
• OpenLink Ajax Toolkit
• OpenLink Data Explorer
• An Open Source Data Access SDK for ODBC

All OpenLink products are delivered by download from the Internet (http, ftp, etc.).
Temporary licenses are issued upon download and may be extended as needed, on a case-
by-case basis. Permanent licenses are issued once payment is received.


Products & Services
Professional and Support Services

• OpenLink Product Support provides front-line email and phone support,
web-based online support, and a variety of premium services such as phone,
emergency, and onsite support.

• Our Support staff is comprised of individuals with extensive knowledge of data
access, data migration, database administration, programming APIs, and other
relevant skills.

• Services are sold in either Standard "Bronze" or Premium "Platinum" Support
packages, with varying hours of availability, response times, etc.

• We also offer Custom Development, Training, and other Consultancy services.
These services can be offered on- or off-site. Expenses for travel, accommodations,
food, etc., associated with on-site services are charged separately.

Rates start at US$250 per person per hour.


Office Locations

USA UK
OpenLink Software, Inc OpenLink Software Ltd.
10 Burlington Mall Road Airport House
Suite 265 Purley Way
Burlington, MA 01803 Croydon, Surrey CR0 0XZ
Tel.: +1 781 273 0900 Tel.: +44 (0)20 8681 7701
Fax: +1 781 229 8030 Fax: +44 (0)20 8681 7702


Additional Information
 OpenLink Software:
 OpenLink Software
 OpenLink Virtuoso
 Universal Data Access Drivers
 Social Media Data spaces
 http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen/ (weblog)
 https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/posts
(Google+)
 https://twitter.com/#!/kidehen (Twitter)
 Hashtag: #LinkedData (Anywhere) .


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